2016-09-06 Writing: sentence types

Greg Malivuk
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;What are some negative things that people usually don’t want to do, which you could write instructions for?
- How to drive your teacher crazy
- How to get an F in English class
- How to fail a class
- How to annoy your neighbor/roommate
- How to skip class
- How to make your boyfriend or girlfriend break up with you
- How to lose your job
- How to get arrested
- How to ruin your family vacation
- How to throw the worst birthday party ever
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Homework: Choose one of these or another “negative” goal and write a how-to paragraph with instructions about how to achieve the goal.
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Handout: read about sentence types on p. 92

Some sentences can be compound and complex:
When the pizza is done, cut it up and serve it to your guests.
dependent, independent (and) independent

p. 93 part B - With a partner, identify the simple, compound, and complex sentences in the paragraph.
Simple (ind): 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 15
Compound (ind + ind): 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
Complex (ind + dep / dep + ind): 5, 7, 8

It was raining, so I took my umbrella. (compound)
Because it was raining, I took my umbrella. (complex)
I took my umbrella so I wouldn’t get wet. (complex)

“so I took my umbrella” doesn’t explain or modify anything about “it was raining”
“so I wouldn’t get wet” explains the purpose of “I took my umbrella”
“because it was raining” explains the reason for “I took my umbrella”
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This is useful for writing, because dependent clauses cannot be separate sentences. They are called fragments.
Also, if a sentence has more than one clause, you need a conjunction. Without a conjunction, it is a run-on sentence or comma splice.
	(independent + independent: and, or, but, so)
	(independent + dependent: when, if, while, because, so, …)